Upper framing for insulated steel railway-cars.



H. E. BETHUNE L R. J. ONEILL. UPPER FRAMING FOR INSULATED STEEL RAILWAY CARS.

APPLICTIOIII FILED SEPL 2,8. 191'4.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED SEPTZE, 1914.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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:BY-F. BETHUNE ANID RICHD J. OlNlEILL, DENVER, COLORADO.

UPPER FRAMING FOR INSULATED STEEL RAILWAY-CARS.

Specification of Iletters Patent.

@riginal application iiled July 31, 1913i, Serial No. 782,345. Divided and this application filed September 28, 1914. Serial No. 868,889.

To all 'whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, HARRY F. BETHUNE invented certain new and useful Improvements in Upper Framing for Insulated Steel Railway-Cars; andwe do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of our invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

This is a divisional application for patent, covering certain construction and arrangement originally shown and described in our co-pending application for patent, tiled July 31st, 1913, Serial Number 7 82,345.

Uur invention relates to improvements in` the upper framing for insulated steel railway cars, and has for its object the provision of a framing for a car of this character, which framing is so arranged and constructed that the same may be put together to form an insulatedv car, the object of the invention residing further in the simplicity of construction, stability when put together or set up, and eiciency of insulation.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 is an elevation view of our improved upper framing, in its assembled position; Fig. 2 is a vertical section in fragment, taken on the line 2 2 Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view, showing the manner by which the sides and ends of the car are connected together; Fig. 4 is a sectional view showing the manner in which the walls ofthe car, or plates forming the walls, are separated; Fig. 5 is a vertical section through the side door of the car; Fig.' 6 is a horizontal section through the side door of the car; Fig. 7 is a horlzontal section of the end door of the car; Fig. 8 is a vertical vsection through the end door of the car, showing the locking debraced by means of angle irons 7 and strips of metal 8, interposed between the said plates,see Fig. .4, bolts or rivets 9 connectlng the two plates and interposed between the members 7 and the strips of metal 8.

The side members of the car are provided wlth lshaped beams or bases 10, the said lV-shaped beams being secured between the plates 5 and 6. of' said side members by means of rivets 21. The upper edge of said side members of the car are provided with angle iron members 12, secured between said plates 5 and 6 of said side members, by means of rivets 13. The two end members of the car also have T-shaped beams or base members secured to their bottom edges and angle iron members secured to their upper edges, n1 the same manner and arrangement, as described in connection with the said side members, the said 'IF-shaped beams or base members being also of the same construction as those with which the side members of the car are provided. The extremities of both the side and end members of the car are provided with angle irons respectively designated by the reference characters 14 and 15, see Fig.` 3, the sald angle irons being secured' between the plates 5 and 6 of said side and end members of the car, as respectively shown at 16 and 17. Now, in assembling the side and end members of the car, the same are placed in their proper relative positions on the platform of the ear, and the T-shaped bases of the side and end members of the car are riveted, or otherwise secured to the platform 18, as shown at 19. The extremities of both the side and-end members of the car are connected together from the exterior of the car, by means of angle irons 20, see Fig. 3, which angle irons 20 engage with the angle irons 14 and 15, and are secured to the latter angle irons by means of rivets or bolts 21.

The'top or roof of the car, which may be is prevented from being blown into the car,

between the angle members 12 and the roof. The bottom, or floor of the car may be com- Patented Apr. l0, 19t?.

, tion, we Wish-to explain that the parts of this car are such that the various parts may be all made in the shop separately from each other and constructed ready vto be quickly and easily put together or assembled to form the completed structure, the entire work of assembling being accomplished from the eX- terior of the car, with perhaps the exception of the flooring, which is put in position by work on the interior of the car.

In Figs. 5 and 6, we have illustrated the manner in which we arrange and construct the side door for the car. The door shown in these figures is composed of separated plates 25 and 26, the said plates having an angle iron 27 secured between them at the upper edge of the door, the said angle iron being held in position by means of rivets 28. One member of the said angle iron 27 is horizontally disposed and extends inwardly from the door. Between the plates 25 and 26, at the lower edge of the door, we journal rollers, 29 which engage with a vertical part 30 of a V-shaped member 31, the said V-shaped member being secured to the side of the car, as shown at 32. By virtue of the particular shape of this member, the vertical part 30 thereof 1s offset from the side of the car sufficiently to form a track upon which the rollers 29 may travel. The part 30 of said V-shaped members 31 extends between the plates 25 and 26, a't the bottom of a door, the rollers 29 being arranged entire-ly between said plates. The rollers '29 are provided with peripheral grooves 33 which grooves receive the part 30 of the member 31. An angle member 34 is secured to the car, above the door opening, one part of said angle member being secured between the roof of the car and the angle member 12, while the other part of said angle member 34 depends and overlaps the upper edge of the door, forming a guideway for the upper edge of sald door. At one end of the door opening, we secure a vertical angle iron member 35, the same belng secured to a vertical T-shaped stud 47 of the door casing, as shown at 36. At the opposite end of the door opening, we secure another angle iron 38 the same occupying a yertical positidn and secured to a T-shaped stud 51 o f the door casing, as shownat 40. One end of this door is provided wlth an 55 angle iron member 41, occupying the vertical position and secured thereto by means of rivets 42, the said angle iron member 41 being arranged on the inner side of the door and adapted to pass in the rear of, and interlock with one part of the angle member 38, when the said door is in the closed position, thus preventing the insertion of an instrument or tool for prying the door open. When the door is closed, the forward end of same also passes behind one part of the angle member 35, thus also preventing the insertion of an instrument or tool at the forward end of the door.

The end door, which we provide for the car, is shown in Figs. 7 and 8. It consists of two separate plates 43 and 44, forming an air space therebetween. To the sides of the car, on opposite sides of the door opening, we secure an angle member 45, the same occupying vertical position and receiving the opposite edges of the door, which edges are reduced, as shown at 46, for that urpose. Upon these reduced edges of the oor, we secure vertical angle members 47, which prevent tools or other instruments from being inserted for prying open the door. We also secure an angle member 48 above the door opening, which receives the upper reduced part of the door, the said upper reduced part of the door being represented by the reference character 49. This angle member 48 receives the upper reduced part of the door when the latter is in the closed position. A horizontal angle member 50 is secured to this upper reduced part of the door, the same projecting outwardly beyond the angle member 48. A bell-crank locking device 51 is pivoted to the interior of the car, as shown at 52, and said bell-crank locking device is provided with a hook 53, adapted to be received in an opening 54, in the end door. for holding said door in the raised or closed position. By disengaging` the hook 53 from the opening 54, the door will fall by gravity to its open position, said door closing the opening in the car when the same is in the raised position.

We claim:

l. An insulated car, the side and end members of which are composed of spaced apart plates, the bottom edge of the side members having the `tongue of T-shaped irons secured between the plates thereof, the vertical ends of the side and end members having one member of angle irons secured between said plates, fastening devices adapted to be passed through said T-irons and the platform of 'the car for securing said side members to the car, angle irons engaging the angle irons of said side and end members on the exterior of the car, and fastening devices passing through the angle irons of said side and end members and the last named angle irons.

2. An insulated car, comprising side and 130 end members composed of separated plates, T-irons having their legs received between said plates of the sidesmembers at the bottom edge of the latter, angle irons having one member thereof received between the said plates of the side and end members at the ends of the latter, the 'irons adapted to be secured to 'the floor of the car, and second angle irons secured to the angle irons of said side and end members of said car.

3. An insulated car whose sides and end members are composed of separated plates,

angle irons arranged between said plates and serving` to space the latter apart, angle irons having one member thereof secured between the plates of the side members at the upper edgeof the latter, a roof engaging with the other member of said angle irons, and the last namedv member of said angle irons being horizontally disposed.

4. An insulated car, comprislng side and end members composed of spaced apart plates, 'iV-irons having their legs received between said plates of the side members at the bottom edge of the latter, angle irons having one member thereof received between said plates of the side and end members at the ends of the latter, 'the 'lV-irons adapted to be'secured to the oor'of the car, second angle irons secured to the angle irons of said side and end members of the car, and angle irons having one member thereof secured between the plates of the side members of the car at the upper edge of the latter.

In witness whereof, we affix our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY F. BETHUNE. RICHARD J UNEILL. Witnesses: FELIX THms, .r JN0. Gr. POWELL. 

